Actuate e.Spreadsheet Named a Product of the Year by SearchDataManagement.com

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTU), the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, today announced that its spreadsheet management product, Actuate e.Spreadsheet has been honored as a SearchDataManagement.com Product of the Year in the category of Business Intelligence (BI). Actuate e.Spreadsheet was selected for this honor by the SearchDataManagement.com editorial staff in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants. Business Intelligence products eligible for the award were those introduced, upgraded or shipped after October 31, 2006 and before November 1, 2007. For years, spreadsheets have been both lauded by users and lamented by IT as the king of Business Intelligence. IT directors say they are always looking for products to help better manage the potential data integrity problems introduced by spreadsheets in the enterprise. Actuate e.Spreadsheet has been specifically designed to automate and manage spreadsheet reporting to address the requirements of IT, while delivering flexible spreadsheet reporting to end users. Judges noted that e.Spreadsheet offers an answer to a vexing problem in Business Intelligence management: the proliferation of the spreadsheet. e.Spreadsheet manages data access, design, assembly, security and distribution of data-driven spreadsheets to tens of thousands of consumers. e.Spreadsheet-based systems can track, capture and manage user activity associated with Microsoft Excel documents produced by Actuate e.Spreadsheet. e.Spreadsheet is also extensively used by Java developers to automate spreadsheet reporting. It includes a purpose-built visual spreadsheet report development environment with a powerful scripting engine for quickly building full-featured spreadsheet report templates without coding, a range of options for deploying these reports, and an API-driven, pure Java toolset that can read, write and calculate the formulas within files. Java developers favor these capabilities because they enable effective management and distribution of spreadsheets in a way that is most efficient for them, while delivering spreadsheet reports that are customizable and flexible for end users. Actuate e.Spreadsheet helps companies manage and distribute spreadsheets while maintaining full control over data management. The product helps business users create and receive live data in the familiar spreadsheet format. It includes the capabilities users expect in spreadsheets such as live formatting, pivot tables, filters, 3D charting and calculation while providing centralized spreadsheet maintenance, archiving, versioning, security and scheduling via the Actuate iServer. Actuate's e.Spreadsheet and SmartSheet security integrate with the report management and deployment capabilities of the Actuate iServer as server-based products. e.Spreadsheet uses a design definition to dictate the structure and user rights of the spreadsheet documents it produces. These definitions are created in the e.Spreadsheet Designer, a client-side spreadsheet blueprinting tool. Judges noted how e.Spreadsheet addresses spreadsheet quality, usage and control issues. It offers functions for: Improving data integrity through BI techniques like using SQL, querying metadata layers, applying security to data, workbooks and cells and generating spreadsheets from a server to maintain a consistent baseline. Enabling the repeatability of the Excel-like distribution process by using a dedicated tool, e.Spreadsheet Designer, to build the blueprint of the resulting spreadsheets. Using built-in capabilities of Excel like macros, validation rules and activity logging to oversee changes and usage. Maintaining a server-side master copy of spreadsheets. Integrating into other Excel-based tracking and monitoring solutions. Explore Actuate’s Award Winning BI Technology To see a demo of Actuate e.Spreadsheet visit:http://es.actuate.com/xlsreporting/ or http://es.actuate.com/eSeDemos/ To download e.Spreadsheet Designer visit:www.birt-exchange.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=4&lid=112 For a basic e.Spreadsheet Designer tutorial visit: www.birt-exchange.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=4&lid=213 For more tutorials, related downloads and valuable tips and tricks, please visit www.birt-exchange.com. 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About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation, the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, enables organizations to develop solutions that optimize corporate performance. Applications built on Actuate’s open source-based platform provide all stakeholders inside and outside the firewall, including employees, customers, partners and citizens with information that they can easily access and understand to maximize revenue, cut costs, improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, create competitive advantage and make better decisions. Actuate has over 4,000 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company’s web site at www.actuate.com. Copyright © 2008 Actuate Corporation. 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